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They had to wait until he was of age before they could film the sexy scenes, including the nude scenes. I think he is 18. Kate spoke of it in a recent interview. She said she was far more concerned about making him feel comfortable than she was about her own embarrassment whilst filming those scenes. Which is nice of her.

I agree, well said. See the movie before you judge someone else's story and art. It just got nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. And as many have already said while his character may be be 15, the actor is 18. Enough with the hysteria over nudity already, geez, only a few decades ago research shows most YMCA and other school pools and all that had naked same gender swimming all the time for all ages and it was no big deal. (How did we get to this nudity is so wrong thing so realatively fast?, and I hope the tide is turning back to the way it was for males of all ages from before and through ancient Greece & Rome until very recently into over half the 20th century even.)

I thought "The Reader" was a marvelous movie. The scene where she scrubs him in the tub is a very important scene. I believe she is washing away the filth she feels she has put on him and preparing him to go back his youth. She leaves the next day. Beautiful!

This is what I don't understand about our world. All the violence is fine. But show a "forbidden body part" and everyone goes FUCKIN NUTS!!! Especially if the person happens to be below that "magic age" set by the government (not by mother nature).

What happened to us anyway where we restrain the second most dominant human instinct out of fear of being perceived as a pervert? BTW, don't bother saying that to me because I'm not and I will not respond to such comments. I just happen to think this ageist bullshit has to stop.

It is nature's intent that human beings reach physical maturity (ability to reproduce) at the same time as emotional maturity, just like every other species on this planet. The only reason emotional maturity doesn't happen at that time is because of this ageist stupidity. The deliberate infantilization of our young people. Can you think of any animal in nature that deliberately stunts the emotional growth of their young? Why would they? But we think we are better than the animals. Ha!

Shouldn't civilizations become more advanced and more intelligent as time goes on? Apparently not. Now, after thousands of years of human civilization not giving a shit and not collapsing in on itself, we now have this garbage.

This absurd obsession with "sex is evil" is way out of balance. Even people below the magic age are now being charged with possession and distribution and production for taking pictures of THEMSELVES and sending it to their friends. Who did they victimize? Themselves? How absurd will it become? Is it even possible? Nobody will ever be allowed to take their clothes off EVER if this continues.

Also recently there was an uproar about an album cover on wikipedia ( I think it was "Virgin Killer" by The Scorpions) and it was censored in some places, calling it child porn. That is how far this stupidity has come. That cover was not a problem years ago, and was probably displayed in music stores and bought by hundreds of people. Hope you don't have Nirvana's "Nevermind" album or else you're in possession of child porn! This that's insane? So do I.

Thinking under 18 attractions are sick is simply the result of decades of human social engineering. One of the greatest scams of all time.

I can understand real young people (say 14 and lower) having such protections in place, don't get me wrong, but as it stands it is way out of balance. We should be ashamed of ourselves. Young people are exploring their bodies and their sexuality and it's a normal thing. If some adult is exploiting them, obviously that's a different story.

Ageism is the new racism. Under 18 is the new black. No rights. No independence. Others should ignore them. etc etc.

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I was astonished that a male full frontal scene would survive unscathed with the hypocritical morals of the film rating board. Ninety-nine point nine percent of mainstream movie penises end up on the cutting room floor. Like Holocaust films before it which include full frontal nudity- Schindler's List comes to mind- perhaps the ratings board gives more leeway when it takes account of the subject matter.